Online sales deal ends in Oak Park robbery

The owner of a laptop computer who expected to sell it through an Internet deal was robbed instead in Oak Park Thursday, San Diego police said.

Police said the sale had been arranged through “OfferUp,” a website similar to Craigslist where people connect to buy and sell everything from antiques to video games.

The victim called police shortly after noon to report she had been robbed at gunpoint by a man and a teenager, Officer Billy Hernandez said.

They had arranged to meet near 52nd Street and Oak Park Drive. The robbers arrived in a silver or white, four-door Dodge Challenger or Charger. The passenger, a black man possibly in his 20s, carried a gun and wore a gray hoodie and jeans with rhinestones, Hernandez said.